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Riverina · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1927

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Disastrous Fire Estimates Damage £100,000. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 October 1927 · page 4

A disastrous fire broke out this morning at Leckie's timber and joinery workshop at Summer Hill. The building, together with its contents…

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Disastrous Fire at Ganmain

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 25 October 1927 · page 2

A row of brick shops in Ford Street, Ganmain were destroyed by fire on Friday night last. The premises destroyed were Edwards'…

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Disastrous Fire Ganmain Business Premises Started at Greek's Shop

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 25 October 1927 · page 3

At 1 o'clock on Friday morning a fire broke out in a row of brick shops in Ford-street, Ganmain, with the result that in about an hour most of…

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Timber Yards on Fire

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 October 1927 · page 2

Messrs. Cove and Kitte's large timber yards at Darling were badly damaged by fire yesterday. The damage is estimated at £18,000…

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[?] Fire. Coroner’s Inquiry

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 28 October 1927 · page 3

The inquiry into the fire [?] [?] Ford Street [?] on [?] 21st Inst was [?] at [?] Police Station on Tuesday,…

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Fatal Fire Woman Pensioner Victim Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 29 October 1927 · page 3

Mrs. Jane Mutton, aged 65 years, an old-age pensioner, was burnt to death when she was trapped in a blazing weatherboard cottage at West…

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Mysterious Garage Fire

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 1 November 1927 · page 2

A Melbourne tourist, Mr. Alfred Wahlers, locked his Austin seven seater motor car in a garage at the rear of the Royal Hotel Goulburn, at…

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Ganmain Fire Inquest

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 November 1927 · page 2

An inquest into the fire in Kelly's Buildings, Ganmain, on October 21 was opened at the Ganmain Police Court on Tuesday last, before Mr…

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Fire in Melbourne Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 November 1927 · page 3

The four storeyed furniture warehouse of T. Harris and Son Pty., situated in a thickly congested part of Lonsdale-street, city, caught fire to-night. A…

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Fire at Temora

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 3 November 1927 · page 2

Refreshment rooms in Hoskins street, occupied by Mrs. D. Moroney, and owned by Mr. W. Nixon, were destroyed by fire early on Sunday…

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Nearly a "Mantrap." Film Fire at Gundagai

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 3 November 1927 · page 3

It was during the screening of the picture, "The Mantrap," at Gundabidgee Theatre, Gundagai, yesternight, that the audience had a thrill…

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Fire in Country Pary's Quarters Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 November 1927 · page 2

There was some excitement at the Country Party's rooms at Parliament House to-day, when a fire broke out in a cellar beneath an old stone…

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Fire in Country Party's Quarters Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 3 November 1927 · page 1

There Was some excitement at the Country party's rooms at Parliament House yesterday, when a fire broke out in a cellar beneath an old stone…

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Ganmain Fire Coroner’s Inquiry Interesting Evidence Open Verdict

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 4 November 1927 · page 6

The adjourned [?] of the in [?] which destroyed [?] Ganmain, [?] October, [?]…

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Fire at Murrumburrah

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 7 November 1927 · page 3

The old Telegraph inn at Murrum burrah was totally destroyed. The place, which was owned by Mr. M. Prest was unoccupied The driver of…

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Fire at Harden Killick Bros.' Store Partially Destroyed Engine Whistles Sound the Alarm Harden

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 8 November 1927 · page 1

KILLICK BROS.' general store at Harden was partially destroyed by fire on Sunday morning, at about 4 o'clock. The damage is…

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Editorial Bush Fire Brigades

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 9 November 1927 · page 2

The never-to-be-forgotten "black Friday," during last December, reminds us that there is not much time left in which to reorganise the…

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Fire at Junee

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 November 1927 · page 2

A fire occurred in Main-street, Junee, at 2 a.m. yesterday, when Mr. Anderson's boot shop was destroyed. A portion of the Junee District…

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Another Fire at Junee

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 9 November 1927 · page 2

A fire occurred in Main street, Junee, at 2 a.m., yesterday, when Mr. Anderson's boot shop was destroyed. A portion of the Junee District…

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New England Floods 50,000 People Homeless Menace of Fire and Disease New York

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 November 1927 · page 2

Now York, military authorities estimate the death toll of the New England floods at 125, with 76 bodies already identified. It is expected that…

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